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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2018

Charles G. Curtin
Affiliation:
University of Montana
Timothy F. H. Allen
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Complex Ecology
Foundational Perspectives on Dynamic Approaches to Ecology and Conservation
, pp. 1 - 9
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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